Maybe, but still produces CO2, and it's got the same caveats associated with biofuels like land usage, CO2 emissions from production and cost
The reason the shipping industry uses bunker fuel isn't down to any kind of efficiency, it's because it's cheap and no-one else wants it
Cost and energy density. We never needed to be massively efficient as fossil fuels are so energy dense. Same as ICE cars and EVs just on a much larger scale.
Haha yes was talking about BIK, it's been a big topic this week with everyone I know in company cars trying to decide what to do 🤦
I know business owners who have sold their bev to themselves at a massive loss but then rebought it personally.
Middleman involved but most business owners want out of a bev that is a few years old.
in case you missed this
I'm sure eventually Cariad will pay off for VAG, but for the moment it's looking more like bringing the software in-house was a bad idea. Vehicle manufacturers have been integrators of OEM parts for years, moving to entirely in-house development is a much bigger task than expected.
@liamog - "I'm sure eventually Cariad will pay off for VAG"
You're more sure than I am 😁
just sell a few visas in China and bobs their uncle
Im with you Unkel. This is what sets Tesla apart from the rest - they are not just a manufacturer, but also a software company.
Big cruise ships will never go battery electric, will have to follow their big submarine cousins with nuclear electric and refuel intervals in the years
I very much doubt it. Far too expensive. And no need to go fully underwater 😂
They will go hydrogen.
With nuclear you basically pay your fuel bill up front. I can’t see this happening, ports will take some convincing to allow them in and remember cruise ships have people onboard, a lot would refuse to go on a nuclear vessel. Cargo is easier to convince, but cargo companies won’t go nuclear as they will never pay for it.
Yeah I don't think many cruise lines are going to be too happy with a $12 billion bill for a new cruise ship
They don't need a lot of endurance, few days max, so refueling with hydrogen in several ports is quite viable
Also, now that you've said it, you know that the next luxury item for millionaires will be a cruise on a submarine 😂
Have you ever been on a submarine? It's brutal, particularly if you're over 1.6m and over 60kg 😂
I doubt someone would pay for a holiday on one, or they must be crazy.
I see the polestar 3 was launched yesterday prices starting from €101k. The prices seems crazy to me compared to the MY.
Its not a Model Y competitor though.
More a Porsche Cayenne/Mecan/Audi eTron kind of field.
Why on earth would anyone buy a Chinese large SUV like that over a premium European one like say a BMW iX or an Audi fat etron? Over €100k is simply insane
I thought these would be a bit more sensibly priced around the €60k mark
Proof that you can sell anything 😉
Put a couple of bunks in, some MREs and a bucket to do your business in and you can enjoy that authentic U Boat experience 😱
Also I think it's electric, so you can sell it as an eco friendly holiday 😁
BMW are to stop making the electric Mini in the UK and moving it to their Great Wall partners in China. As is already the case with some other BMWs. They say the UK plant isn't efficient at making both ICE and EV, so it'll just do ICE. It will probably be converted to EV at some point in the future, by stripping it out and putting in a Great Wall assembly line.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/15/bmw-axe-uk-production-electric-mini-relocate-china
Looks like it's results season
Decent performance from VW, but sales in Europe were basically flat this year due to shortages
Main driver of growth was China and US
Good to see progress but only 1 in 16 of the vehicles they are selling is full EV. And that is from the car manufacturer incumbent that is most invested in going electric. The pace is frustratingly low though. Still. Even now all of us, even the retard down the pub, knows the future is electric.
It's not the best performance for sure, VW seem to have gutted production from their other brands to keep their own EVs going out the door.
I guess shortages are having an effect, but I also think their focus is elsewhere, they want to get their Chinese brands performing better
Interestingly, I'm pretty sure there's a lot more ID.4s selling in Ireland this year. Partly down to it releasing midway through last year, but I also wonder is VW a bit less focused on some other European countries
VW is hardly concentrating their sales effort on Ireland 😂
That said, it's great to say many ID.4 around. Particularly taxis. Every time I see an ID.4 taxi (and there is one in the estate next to me) I smile and think: you clever man!
I also think the taxi’s are brilliant advertisements for going EV as naturally enough anyone getting into the back of one with a half an idea of maybe going electric will be asking questions about it etc…….
I love seeing Taxi EV’s, and there are a lot of them in Fingal..
I read this morning that on an MG5 you can release the parking brake and put the car in drive WHILE it’s connected to a type 2 charger ?? You can’t drive but you can roll the car. Not sure if it applies to all MGs.
Sounds crazy to me…any other cars do this?
Well I'm definitely not going to try in either of the cars. Someone else can figure that out 🙂
Being able to release the parking brake makes a bit of sense. If the interlock is jammed for example and the car thinks it's plugged in, then you'd need to be able to release the brake to tow the car
Being able to put the car in drive would be pretty silly though
European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association compare EU countries on how many public charge points per 100km. I know that doesn't tell the whole story, where you can have density in places and holes in others. But I thought people might be interested anyway. Ireland are 18 out of 28. 1.6/100km. They also say 15.8% of car sales in Ireland are EV (of a plug-in variety).
They also point out that the vast majority are not fast chargers. Fast defined as above 22kW. Across the EU, 1 in 7 are fast.
https://www.acea.auto/press-release/electric-cars-6-eu-countries-have-less-than-1-charger-per-100km-of-road-1-charger-in-7-is-fast/
Netherlands: 64.3 charge points per 100km of road
Ireland: 1.6 charge points per 100km of road
We have a loooooong way to go here
Is that per km of road or per km of national road which would be a far more significant metric really?
We have quite a high total length of road per capita / area of landmass.
Ignorance, stupidity or laziness? Couldn't possibly park in the relatively empty car park and walk the 20 metres to Dealz. Much easier to park in the "clearly marked" EV charging area directly outside the front door of it.
